A biography for Bill Pullmanhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm intrigued by a tough situation, and I try to do something with it.”
“I have a pretty good grip on who I am.”
“It's during wartime that innovations happen.”
“I did 'Malice,' 'Sommersby,' and 'Sleepless in Seattle,' and they're as disparate characters as I've ever played. But somehow, there was that thing - they were all second male leads, so they all didn't get the girl in some weird way.”
“I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad.”
“I think about Laura Bush every once in awhile. She is a great supporter of the arts. I did a show at the Eisenhower Theater, and she would make a point of coming backstage. The relationship between Laura and George Bush was always that way where you felt like he was at his best behavior when he was in her company.”
“I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as 'the dad,' but that was Kryptonite to me. I was like, 'This would be the death of me. I'll be a cesspool of niceness.' It doesn't feed me.”
“I think, when I'm 73, I'm going to be getting softer, writing Hallmark cards, losing my teeth.”
“I wake up as soon as it gets light.”
“Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them.”
“I'm not the first one to say it, but that time onstage is a heightened sense of present tense.”
“Sometimes you fall into the niche of being the confidant guy, or the good-looking guy, or being too charactery, or not charactery enough.”
“I don't like this instinct of reality television to wear your lifestyle in public. I've really always loved the anonymity of things.”
“I love that vein which uses sci-fi to address society's problems. It is the same when you have useful nightmares - things morph, and you get to confront issues in your dreams.”
“I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I recovered, I'd lost my sense of smell completely.”
“I don't think I'm repeating anything I've done before, but sometimes I lose track.”
“I've always been what they call a late bloomer.”
“I've never really been a television watcher and watched comedies, and I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television as the dad.”
“We've seen with Brexit and other things that there's a dark impulse to be petulant and frustrated with complicated solutions.”
“I always feel like there's some behaviour that we're all capable - we have our inhibitions protecting from indulging in certain appetites or developing certain appetites.”